August 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM - Regular Meeting

Description:  A consent agenda is an item listed on the regular agenda that groups routine items under one agenda heading.  This allows the Board to take a unified motion and action on all routine items listed under the consent agenda instead of taking separate votes on each item.

Description:  Audience participation at a Board meeting is limited to the portion
of the meeting designated to receive public comment in accordance
with this policy. At all other times during a Board meeting, the
audience shall not enter into discussion or debate on matters being
considered by the Board, unless requested by the presiding officer.

At regular Board meetings, the Board shall permit public comment,
regardless of whether the topic is an item on the agenda posted
with notice of the meeting.

Individuals who wish to participate during the portion of the meeting
designated for public comment shall sign up with the presiding
officer or designee before the meeting begins as specified in the
Board’s procedures on public comment and shall indicate the
agenda item or topic on which they wish to address the Board.
Public comment shall occur at the beginning of the meeting.
Except as permitted by this policy and the Board’s procedures on
public comment, an individual’s comments to the Board shall not
exceed two(2) minutes per meeting.

Specific factual information or recitation of existing policy may be
furnished in response to inquiries, but the Board shall not deliberate
or decide regarding any subject that is not included on the
agenda posted with notice of the meeting.

 

Description:  In collaboration with campus leadership, we have created a new Mission and Vision Statement we believe represents the goals of the District as a whole.

Description:  We will be proposing a balanced budget for 2025-2026.  The expenditures and revenues have both been projected conservatively.  The special Legislative session is still ongoing and TEA is also still working through the interpretations of the HB2 laws.  These variables could result in budget amendments throughout the year,  but we still should be in a break-even position.  The budget summary is attached.

Description:  State law requires the board to PROPOSE a maximum tax rate before the Notice of Public Hearing is published.  The proposed M&O tax rate is the compressed rate, as determined by TEA, plus our enrichment pennies.  
The Debt Service rate is the rate necessary to cover the debt payment. The proposed rates will be adopted at the August 28th meeting unless there are any significant changes from the legislative special session which could move the adoption to September.

Proposed M&O rate: $0.7705
Proposed I&S rate: $0.04306
Total :  $.81356

The rate last year was $.85363.
 

Description:  We received three quotes and two were extremely close in premium price for the same coverage.   Since Offenhauser & Company (agent for TPS) has provided good, consistent customer service and responds to all questions and claims in a very timely manner, the recommendation is to renew with TPS. The price differential was only $412.  The insurance actually dropped in price this year from $237,445 to $205, 616.  The summary quotes for the three bids are attached. The quotes were:  TPS: $205,616, Insurica: $205,204, RMC: $222,170.

Description:  Every year, we are required to evaluate our adult meal pricing to ensure it is equitable to what we receive for student meals and that it offsets our meal costs.

Since our district is running the Community Eligibility Program, all students will eat breakfast and lunch at no cost to them.  The price increase we are requesting this year is for adult meal prices only.

TDA has created the Adult Meal Pricing Worksheet to use for this purpose.  We utilize this worksheet before the beginning of each school year to determine the prices for our Adult Meals.  The worksheet is attached.

This year the request is to raise adult meal prices as follows:

Adult Breakfast - from $3.30 to $3.50
Adult Lunch - from $5.00 to $5.25

Description:  The District is in need of a full-sized truck with the ability to haul trailers.  Mr. Nichols and Mr. Simon requested bids and received 3.  The bid selected was Gunn Chevrolet.  All bids attached. Function 34 will also need to be amended for the cost of the vehicle.

Description:  HB 2, Article 5 requires the Commissioner of Education to provide public school districts with a list of approved reading and mathematics instruments to measure numeracy and literacy in grades K-3.  HB 2 permits an LEA to comply with these requirements by administering a reading or mathematics instrument selected by the board of trustees of the school district until the commissioner adopts the list of reading and mathematics instruments.

Description: 

TEA allows LEAs to use alternative reading instruments that align with the required measures for dyslexia screening as defined by the Texas Education Agency (TEA).

Description:  This policy update pertains to the required policy for cell phone usage prohibition on school property during the school day.

Description:  The purpose of this policy is to ensure that the District provides a wide range of library materials for students and faculty that support student achievement and present varying levels of difficulty, diversity of appeal, and a variety of points of view. This policy also provides standards for collection development and the selection and evaluation of library materials.